Help on Anthology of Christmas Poetry
Hello Everyone!
I just started here but I am very excited to get your advice on this!
My English class is writing an anthology. We each had to pick a topic for our chapter, and I chose Christmas poems. We have pick four poems and write an editorial on each. We need to chose on poem for each of these categories
1. A compelling Story
2. A noteworthy use of structure
3. An interesting use of sounds
4. An imaginative use of symbols
I have already committed to all the poems I will be using except for structure. This is where I need your help. I can scan these poems well enough, but I can't think of how the structure contributes to the poem. I have an idea for the first, but I think the second has a really different structure and I would love to write about it. And the third is famous for it's structure that can easily be sung. So basically I am asking which do you think would be the easiest to write a lot on. I know you could probably write something for all of them but I don't have much time and I can't make my mind up! I'm sorry and I apologize for my lack of knowledge in this subject!
Here are the poems (I apologize for the ambiguity in the titles) :
"Christmas Carol"
Christina Rosetti
Lo! newborn Jesus
Soft and weak and small,
Wrapped in baby's bands
By His Mother's hands,
Lord God of all.
Lord God of Mary,
Whom His Lips caress
While He rocks to rest
On her milky breast
In helplessness.
Lord God of shepherds
Flocking through the cold,
Flocking through the dark
To the only Ark,
The only Fold.
Lord God of all things
Be they near or far,
Be they high or low;
Lord of storm and snow,
Angel and star.
Lord God of all men, –
My Lord and my God!
Thou who lovest me,
Keep me close to Thee
By staff and rod.
Lo! newborn Jesus
Loving great and small,
Love's free Sacrifice,
Opening Arms and Eyes
To one and all.
"Christmas Carol"
Christina Rosetti
Whoso hears a chiming for Christmas at the nighest
Hears a sound like Angels chanting in their glee,
Hears a sound like palm boughs waving in the highest,
Hears a sound like ripple of a crystal sea.
Sweeter than a prayer-bell for a saint in dying,
Sweeter than a death-bell for a saint at rest,
Music struck in Heaven with earth's faint replying,
'Life is good, and death is good, for Christ is Best.'
"A Christmas Carol"
Christina Rosetti
In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago.
Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him
Nor earth sustain;
Heaven and earth shall flee away
When He comes to reign:
In the bleak mid-winter
A stable-place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty
Jesus Christ.
Enough for Him, whom cherubim
Worship night and day,
A breastful of milk
And a mangerful of hay;
Enough for Him, whom angels
Fall down before,
The ox and *** and camel
Which adore.
Angels and archangels
May have gathered there,
Cherubim and seraphim
Thronged the air,
But only His mother
In her maiden bliss
Worshipped the Beloved
With a kiss.
What can I give Him,
Poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd
I would bring a lamb,
If I were a Wise Man
I would do my part, –
Yet what I can I give Him,
Give my heart.
Sorry again for the inconvenience and thank you so much!!!
